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NJ Pathways Projects Highlights
These Pathways Projects are aligning education to build an innovative workforce, and this segment highlights the incredible progress of these projects as they change the workforce landscape and meet the needs of key industries in New Jersey.
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Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) Pilot Program
Center of Workforce Innovation for Patient Care
UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ (UCNJ) has successfully launched a pilot Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) Program, funded by the NJ Pathways Initiative. This 620-hour program, proposed to prepare 15 students for the healthcare industry, includes...
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Robotics & Automation
Center of Workforce Innovation for Data & Computer Science
We have all benefited from the rapid advances in robotics and automation technology in recent years, as these developments enable technical sectors to improve and develop new products and services. With the world becoming increasingly connected, staying on top of the latest technological trends is...
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Offshore Wind Awareness Pilots
Center of Workforce Innovation for Offshore Wind
This Offshore Wind pilot program focused on expanding professional development in offshore wind and renewable energy. Expanding professional development in offshore wind and renewable energy for instructors allows for enhancing teacher knowledge in...
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Esports Production Content Creation Hub Pathway Pilot
Center of Workforce Innovation for Film & TV Production
A new Esports career pathway – Esports Production & Content Creation – requires academic programming that has a variety of entry and exit points with career opportunities and advancement opportunities. Using Esports as a “vessel” to these emerging job opportunities of tomorrow, this project...
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NJ Community College Pathway Happenings
Witness the results of the NJ Pathway initiative in real time. NJ’s Community Colleges are hosting NJ Pathways fueled events, convenings, competitions, speaking engagements, and other notable happenings across New Jersey — and this is the place to get the scoop!
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Empowering Future Scientists: High School Biotechnology BootCamp at Middlesex College
Middlesex College
This summer, Middlesex College hosted a High School Biotechnology BootCamp, offering students a unique opportunity to delve into the rapidly advancing field of biotechnology. Running from July 1 to August 8, 2024, the BootCamp provided an intensive...
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Esports at Brookdale Community College
Brookdale Community College
With its brand new, state-of-the-art gaming arena completed in August of 2023, Brookdale Community College is now proud to offer esports to our students and community members alike. Brookdale Community College worked with Camden County College, the first NJ Community College with curriculum and an arena for Esports, to build its own arena and...
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Brookdale has launched an Esports program, featuring three varsity-level teams and two club level teams who gather in the new $1.4 million Brookdale Esports Arena. The players...
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Earlier this year, Brookdale Community College’s Esports team, the Jersey Blues, competed in the National Junior College Athletic Association Esports (NJCAAE) National Championship Valorant Tournament Finals. The team’s remarkable...
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NJ Pathways Alumni Spotlight
Our NJ Pathways Student & Alumni Spotlights feature the remarkable journeys and triumphs of the diverse student body of NJ’s Community Colleges that participate in NJ Pathways programs. Celebrating their achievements, aspirations, and the unique paths they tread towards success, these narratives illuminate the resilience, passion, and drive that define our community.
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Celebrating Kyla's Success in the Certified Clinical Medical Assistant Program at UCNJ
UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ
Kyla Nesbitt began her Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) program at UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ (UCNJ) on September 18, 2023. Her unwavering dedication and hard work, she earned her credentials as a...
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About the NJ Pathways Initiative | |
New Jersey’s Community Colleges and the New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA) partnered to launch this unprecedented education and training pathways initiative for strengthening the state’s workforce for residents, businesses, and the economy for years to come. | | |
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With the New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative (NJ Pathways), NJ joins leading states that are transforming their statewide education and workforce development resources to better and more equitably serve students and workers. This transformation includes an intentional commitment to shared goals across the ecosystem of high schools, colleges and universities, employers, labor unions, nonprofits, the public workforce system, and others. | |
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